Electric generating system for automobiles and its control method

• Main Authors: NISHIDATE, KEISUKE, YAMAMOTO, TATSUYUKI, TAJIMA, SUSUMU, SHIMIZU, HISAYA, MASHINO, KEIICHI, INNAMI, TOSHIYUKI, MAEDA, YUUJI, FUKASAKU, YOSHINORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.11.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The present invention provides a vehicle driving apparatus capable of being mounted easily even in a narrow space such as under-floor of the vehicle (10). The vehicle driving apparatus comprises a first and a second generator (40, 44) driven by an engine (20) for driving front wheels (26A, 26B), and a motor (30) driven by receiving a power supply from the second generator (44) to drive rear wheels (36A, 36B), the first and second generators (40, 44) being installed in the vicinity of an engine (20) within an engine room, the motor (30) being arranged in the vicinity of a differential gear (33) with which a reduction mechanism is integrated and is positioned substantially in a central part of the rear wheels (36A, 36B).